OpenAI Pulls the Plug on Sora: Why the Video Platform Failed and What Comes Next
OpenAI’s Sora arrived with a burst of excitement: a consumer-facing video generator that turned text prompts into short, striking clips. For a moment, it felt like a clear signal that generative video had arrived. Yet, less than a year after its high-profile debut, OpenAI has decided to wind Sora down—removing the Sora app, shutting the Sora API, and stripping video generation capabilities from ChatGPT. The decision, announced internally by CEO…